The Pirate Bay - Victim of a DDoS Attack

To those of you that use bittorrent websites for either legal or questionable usage, it appears that https://thepiratebay.se has fallen prey to a distributed denial of service attack launched by an internet vigilante called Zeiko Anonymous. He/She It is currently claiming responsibility for the attack and it is unknown how long the website will be down. The attack started around 11:00 AM PST and the site plus all of it's proxy locations are not responsive.

Something to be aware of, just like Demonoid from a few months back, The Pirate Bay is also a free distribution hub for up and coming musicians, artists and programmers that use the torrent trackers as a leap pad for getting their media into circulation. Attacking these sites without taking that into consideration is the same as cutting out your own tongue because you swear from time to time.

What is of extreme interest to this author is the motive Zeiko might have for launching these attacks:

TorrentFreak suggests that the DDoS attacker goes by the online name of Zeiko, and quotes a what.cd IRC channel conversation to explain the motive. According to this scenario, Zeiko had asked what.cd for an ‘invite’ to the tracker, but was refused. Private torrents are by invite only. The purpose is generally to ensure that all members are genuine sharers and not just downloaders – thus maintaining good download speeds for all other members. “what.cd is now being under DDoS attack until I get my invite. attack is set to 48hours, be back later i hope i’ll have my invite,” wrote Zeiko. (source)

So, is this a temper tantrum set on because someone didn't get their way or is this something closer to the attacks that took Demonoid down (government sponsored DDoS)? Either way, Zeiko Anonymous (not related to the hacker collective, Anonymous) might draw some unwanted attention to him/itself if these attacks persist.